Not something that you would like to remember, I guess. Take care, DaisyChain and I hope you find the next twelve months better than the last, healthwise.

Thank you. Just two days to get through next week, then it's all behind me..*hopefully*!

Try to keep smiling. Thinking of you. Huge hugs and a big kiss.
Bev

Thinking of you, DC. *big hug*

Well done Team Flossie!

Can you mix Pinot Grigio with popcorn?


I have post-stressful-day cravings...

The popcorn might get a bit soggy

I played a trio sonata in a concert earlier this evening and am still feeling completely hyper and not at all tired. But I hardly slept last night because I was too stressed about the concert and I need to be up at 5.45 tomorrow for work.

If you're an Earl and you get an O.B.E... Does that make you an Earlobe?

Also, until I started music lessons, I thought accidentals were something incontinent people had

My uni is doing Rent next term. I cannot act, nor can I dance, and I can only safely belt up to about a C sharp, and belting really high is kind of necessary for Rent... but it's been a dream of mine to be in it like... since I was fourteen and saw the film...

Should I audition?

Yes.
The worst that can happen is that you won't get in, and if you don't try, you'll regret it.

go for it!!!


I bought a lot of fizzy sweets and am about to make my tongue bleed from the fizz if I'm not careful.

I used to have an addiction to those really sour cola bottles... mmmm.

Never really eat sweets these days though. I do like Salt & Vinegar discos though, they burn your tongue in a strangely satisfying way.

My mum dropped a full litre bottle of pimms on my foot earlier. The first thing that she said was 'wow, the bottle didn't break!'. What about my foot?!?!

My friends were all discussing "Who is going to be the funniest when they're drunk?"
We're 14, and haven't (well I haven't) got drunk yet, obviously (for us anyway).

So it was interesting to think about.

When it got to me, they said "Oh, you can be our sober friend. Who takes care of us and holds our hair when we're sick".

"What? Why me?"

"Because you're not allowed any alcohol until you're 18"

"Yeah, but none of you are allowed to get drunk till you're 18 either!"

"Yeah, but we're still going to, it's only the law. We'll almost definitely drink before we're 18, even if it's only 17. But you can't because of a medical problem. So until you're 18, you're going to be our sober friend".

"But what about when I can get drunk?"

"We'll think about that when it's nearer the time"

"That's not fair"

"Ok. Fine, I think you'll be sitting in a corner crying, and swearing at everyone".

"Hmm. Ok. I probably will".


It was all tongue in cheek teasing, random comment (if a little long)... so belong here methinks?

but rather happy ...

I'm guessing that while you have another foot, that was the only bottle of Pimms?


As happy as the woozy wallabies in Tasmania? http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8118257.stm

It wasn't though, given we'd just got two on special offer.

Is being in your household usually such an occupational hazard?

I don't understand

As in, people randomly trying to injure one another (assuming the house in question is where you live, that is)

Don't worry, I'm tired... I don't make much sense at the best of times, and this isn't one of them

My mother used to tell the story of when her sister-in-law dropped an apple pie she had just put on to a plate for serving. The plate broke. The apple pie, however, survived. My aunt could never understand why everyone laughed when she said 'Wasn't it lucky the pie didn't break'? I'm not sure whether their teeth remained intact after eating it.

Michael Jackson died today...

Apparently he had a heart attack, there are no *confirmed* reports of his death that I can find?

Checked, BBC,CNN/Fox et al..

He's in hospital apparently. Farrah Fawcett died today.

Michael Jackson has been dead for years.

Not only did he look like a ghost but his face was such a mess that it's a wonder he could breath out of those pinholes he had left where his nostrils used to be.

A very, very sad person. (Sorry but I just don't believe he was the genius some people labled him.)

According to the news, he has died of cardiac arrest.

It's just been confirmed on the news.

If you look around the time of Thriller/Billie Jean etc I don't think there's much debate around the fact that he was truly awesome at the peak of his career. He definitely lost the plot afterwards though. I'm betting his messed up childhood didn't do him any favours.

I had a dream last night where I was consuming a giant marshmallow.












When I woke up, the pillow was gone...

I slept like a log...

..woke up in the fireplace

Nowt like a bit of stiff competition!

About to head out now so I'll leave the stage to you

I'm quite concerned that I've been top poster for 3 consecutive days. Somebody shoot me

It's a slippery slope, solari.

Oh dear, Matthew - another pillow gone the same way as the last? Just as well I wasn't there else you might have eaten me instead of the pillow, and that just doesn't bear thinking about.

Ohh, I've got to be posh and well-mannered tomorrow

It's my grandparents 50th wedding anniversary, and they're renting out a conference room for lunch with loads of relatives and people who I don't really know, but came/would have come to the wedding.

And they've got lots of posh friends who play golf and such like, and I've got to put my clipped voice on and be incredibly polite and practice my small-talk.

Then afterwards everyone's going back to their house for tea and dinner or something, and me and my sisters (possibly our cousins as well) have to serve all of the guests.
"One lump or two?"

Hmph. Plus it's smart casual wear, so no scruffy old jeans and an old t-shirt

I feel very sorry for my mum! She's out at the minute playing 'Cello with her orchestra, but the concert is outside, and it's raining!

Jacob.

Ooh, nasty

I wish my parents were musicians though

Not if you're a pianist and your mum is a picky piano teacher! She isn't my teacher any more (I couldn't cope, so moved teacher! haha!), but still tells me what I do wrong!

Jacob.

No, seriously, I wish mine were. It would help so much, you're really lucky. My mum isn't really interested and blanks out when I talk about what I'm learning atm. Dad likes to think that he's musical (because he used to play sax and guitar a bit in a band) so always tries to tell me I'm practicing wrong. Or if I'm getting stressed says, "Now, there's only one thing you need to now, and that's the circle of 5ths" when I'm not even talking about anything related to that! Grr.

hmm. Why does one (or two) measly mistake in a piece make the whole thing seem bad?

If you can, do it with a smile on your face and be as charming as you possibly can. It will make your grandparents proud beyond belief, and you never know when it will be the last time you can do that for them.

I will definitely. I love 'em to bits, and would do anything for them, and they know that.

I just don't like some of their friends/work collegues (and they don't seem to like these ones either, but said they had to invite them out of courtesy...)

Quite looking forward to it in a way now, my parents have given me permission to make small talk about music to some of the more snobby guests, and have challenged me to try and baffle them without sounding like a bragging showoff

It's not their anniversary until September, but they wanted the party in summer. I've started working on a painting of their wedding photo, should be ready by then. Hopefully they'll like it.

I think having parents or even a partner who is able to teach and/or much better than you is really not a bad thing. In the short term it will seem like they are nagging, but deep down they probably want you to be as good as or better than they are

As long as they aren't "pushy" it shouldn't be a problem. I am the only remotely musical person I know apart from my cousin, who is a drummer but never plays anymore Be grateful as I am definitely jealous!

The mobile phone mast near me has been damaged in the storms last night.

Result : lousy phone signal...

Were there flames and sparks and everything? Is it just a lump of melted metal and plastic on top now?

I don't think it's in good shape...but I wasn't at home to see it happen...

Ah well. I remember a few years back I had to switch phone networks as they took down the mast nearby. It was too close to a school, apparently.

The result was me either sounding like a Dalek or like I was drowing whenever I called anybody

I have a horrible looking hole in my arm where some mean insect has tried to eat me.